Aafke Soet

Aafke Soet
	Aafke Soet (2018)
To person
Date of birth	November 23, 1997
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
Most important successes
	UEC European Road Championships 2018 - individual time trial (U23) 2018 - individual time trial (juniors)
	Last updated: January 29, 2020

Soet as a short tracker at the 2012 Youth Olympic Games

Aafke Soet (born November 23, 1997 in Heerenveen ) is a Dutch cyclist and short tracker .

Athletic career

Aafke Soet began her athletic career as a speed skater, in 2005 she specialized in short track. In 2012 she took part in the Winter Youth Olympic Games . At the same time she did cycling. At the European Summer Youth Olympic Festival 2013 in Utrecht , in which she participated as a cyclist, she pronounced the athlete's oath.

In 2014, Aafke Soet became European junior champion in the individual time trial and won the Dutch junior title in the same discipline. In 2015 , she finished sixth in the time trial at the Road World Championships, after finishing eighth the previous year . At the UEC European Road Championships in 2018 , she was U23 champion in the individual time trial and finished second in the road race. She also won the junior competition of the Omloop van Borsele and achieved her first elite victory when she won the last stage of the Healthy Aging Tour .